Killings targeting elderly women shock residents

The bizarre killings have shocked residents and local leaders, who are demanding that the perpetrators are apprehended immediately and that police officers increase night patrols. [iStockphoto]

Police in Lugari sub-County are looking into two mysterious murders involving elderly women in the villages of Mautuma and Mayoni.

According to preliminary investigations, the women were raped and killed in a strikingly similar manner.